Saturday, October 23, 2010

India's UAV: Rustom

Rustom 1, a medium-altitude and long-endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), developed by the Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), was successfully test-flown

Two other UAVs developed by the ADE — Lakshya and Nishant.

Lakshya — a drone that is remotely piloted by a ground control station — provides aerial sub-targets for live-fire training

Nishant is a surveillance aircraft primarily tasked with intelligence gathering over enemy territory.

Rustom 1-

Unlike the other UAVs, which used to have a free fall with parachutes after executing their tasks, Rustom will carry out copybook style landing,

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